The Ex and Her Riches

Charles opened the door and saw Nico and Benedict staring each other down with their arms crossed. It looked as though the two just had a fight as well.

Charles felt a little better when he saw that Nico wasn’t having it any easier. With a calm look on his face, he carried Zendaya into the ward and asked, “What’s going on here? What’s with this tension in the air? Also, why are you two still awake at this hour?”

Both Nico and Benedict turned around and shot Charles a hostile glare.

“Shut up! You’re still awake, too!” they snapped at him in unison.

Nico then shifted his gaze back toward Benedict and remained silent while trying to suppress his anger.

Benedict let out a defiant snort and exclaimed, “What are you, Uncle Nico, and Daddy doing? Why leave me and Zendy at the laboratory? Is it because Daddy and Mommy want to spend some time together? Is that why they’re leaving us behind?”

Nico was on the verge of fainting from anger at that point.

F*ck! Why won’t Benny just listen to reason?

As he glared at Benedict, who was curled up in his blanket on the bed, he found himself at a loss for words.

After the two had been arguing all night, Nico realized that Benedict’s statements were far more logical and persuasive than his.

Zendaya struggled in Charles’ arms and motioned at him to put her down on Benedict’s bed.

Charles understood what she wanted and helped get her shoes off before gently putting her down on the bed.

Zendaya then threw herself at Benedict and wailed, “I had a bad dream earlier, Benny! I dreamt that Mommy got injured and didn’t want us anymore!”

Benedict’s face grew pale as he listened to the details of her nightmare.

Feeling uncomfortable due to his sickness, he pressed his hand firmly against his chest as he replied, “I had the same dream when I slept for half an hour earlier…”

Nico and Charles exchanged surprised glances when they heard that.

They say children are connected to their mother by blood. I-Is that theory actually true? Could something terrible have happened to Gwendolyn?

Both the men had solemn looks on their faces as they stood there on the side.

increasingly pale as he struggled to breathe. Noticing that his condition was worsening,

back in

well, but she didn’t know what she could do, so

was late at night, all the professors had gone home by then. Joshua was probably fast asleep with his phone on silent as

condition showed no signs of improvement. “I’ll call

“Okay!”

go to a hospital,” Benedict

pain as he continued, “Ordinary hospitals can’t treat me. Go and get Mr. Eugene instead. He’s staying in room 304 in the

Charles replied and ran out

in less than two minutes with

sight of Benedict in severe pain snapped him out of it. He then quickly grew serious and stepped forward

so he cannot withstand

exchanged glances and lowered their heads

them before retrieving the equipment

with the tray and IV drip, but Benedict refused to

me to either my daddy or my mommy. Otherwise, I’d rather die from the pain than receive a transfusion!” he said while

he recalled Cedrick’s orders. “It’s raining outside, and your body is very weak right now. What if you end up catching a cold? Also, it’s very chaotic in Salinsburgh lately, so your dad needs to stay up all night just to

shook his head stubbornly,

won’t receive a transfusion unless you

child would be able to sleep well after being

Charles fell silent at the

disturb him at work. That

arm muscles tightening. He was

gave in and said, “All right, all right… I’ll take you

the two kids sat down

remained silent as she kept Benedict company by his side. Eager to

time the two kids had been without

heard a knock on the door of

opened the door slightly and glanced about as he asked, “Hey, Cedrick!

on duty when I arrived, and he told me that Cedrick hadn’t left his office after returning

Nico asked a

next thing he knew, the lights in Cedrick’s office came on all of a sudden. After taking a second to recover from the shock, Nico squinted his eyes to adjust